Antonia Neubauer, Myths and Mountains

Recommended for Nepal

Neubauer, who spends at least a month in Nepal each year, is dedicated to making a positive contribution to the countries in which her company operates. Its nonprofit partner, READ Global, has built 45 library/community centers throughout Nepal (its first center was the winner of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's 2006 Access to Learning Award). Neubauer's extensive network of friends throughout Nepal go out of their way to help her clients and make possible intimate experiences of the local culture such as an audience with a "living virgin goddess," a visit to a thangka (silk painting) workshop, or a trek to Everest Base Camp.